An attempt by the Walt Disney Co. to trademark "Día de los Muertos" drew such a loud protest that the company has dropped its plans to trademark the name, The Los Angeles Times reports.

The company had filed an application with the U. S. Patent and Trademark Office for "Día de los Muertos," including applications pretaining to toys, cereals and jewelry, the newspaper says. That was in anticipation of a movie that Disney-Pixar is developing that features the popular Mexican holiday, a Disney spokesman said. | May 8, 2013»Read Full Blog Post(3)

Steve "The Homer" True, the radio voice of Marquette University basketball and a WAUK-AM radio personality, was hurt in a car accident Wednesday morning and is being treated for a serious head injury. | Nov. 14, 2013»Read Full Article(53)

DeGraw's show will start following the conclusion of a 7 p.m. Admirals match against the Chicago Wolves at the BMO Harris Bradley Center, 1001 N. 4th St., on April 12. | Nov. 13, 2013»Read Full Article

Jam band figurehead Trey Anastasio has many creative outlets beyond Phish - including getting Tony nomination this year for penning the music for Broadway musical "Hands on a Hard Body" and series of orchestral concerts.

Now singer and guitarist Anastasio will spend the early part of 2014 touring with his other musical project, the Trey Anastasio Band, including a performance at the Pabst Theater Feb. 5. | Nov. 13, 2013»Read Full Article

John Updike brings that old rascal Henry James into the first sentence of "Who Made Yellow Roses Yellow?," immediately signaling to us that some old-vs.-new conflict will be involved, and Europe will figure in here, too: | Nov. 13, 2013»Read Full Blog Post

Over at the Recommended Reading blog, Jim Higgins takes on John Updike's "Who Made Yellow Roses Yellow?" It's part of his ongoing series about Updike's stories. Henry James gets a mention at the top, so expect Europe to be involved somehow, Higgins tells us. You can read those posts each Wednesday at 8 a.m. | Nov. 13, 2013»Read Full Blog Post